Firefighter Cancer
The cancer resource page features news, information, videos, podcasts and feature articles about this massive health issue facing the fire service.
Firefighters who battled the Palisades and Eaton wildfires show significantly elevated levels of lead and mercury in their blood, according to a new multi-university study
After battling cancer and enduring costly treatments, Westport Firefighter Paul Spennato advocates for early detection to protect his fellow firefighters
Fire service leaders must focus on data, not emotion, when make their case for funding, staffing and more
Firefighting foam entered the public water distribution system during a fatal fire in an apartment building for seniors
A pilot program will monitor the chemical levels in the blood of thousands of firefighters
Naperville City Council authorized spending to replace their frontline firefighter PPE with PFAS-free outer shells
Firefighter Aaron Zamzow shares a glimpse into his experience
The Greensburg VFD has improved its approach to gross decon and PPE laundering to help minimize firefighters’ cancer risks
Chief Shawn Snider guided Edinburg Fire in its continuing transition from a fully volunteer department to a hybrid of paid and volunteer firefighters
Jason Tucker worked on cancer prevention, a special operations team and decon, Pasco County Fire Rescue said
Joining the National Firefighter Registry is a simple way you can help protect protect current and future firefighters
Capt. Matt “Chevy” Chiaverotti served with the Virginia Beach Fire Department for more than 20 years and was a search team manager
The registry is intended to help scientists better understand the link between cancer and firefighting in order to improve firefighters’ health
Lynn’s city council approved of the funds to help with staffing as some firefighters are being treated for injuries or work-related illnesses
Retired battalion chief Mitch Christian served with the Ashland Fire Department for 25 years
The denials are “insulting to the fire service and the sacrifice that those men and women have put in,” said Jared Willey, president of IAFF Local 772
“NFPA’s process is the gold standard for standards development and involves a proven, consensus-based approach,” said Vice President Lorraine Carli
The proposal has been disputed by insurance firms and municipal interest groups who fear the bill would overburden towns and workers’ compensation insurers
“The very gear designed to protect firefighters, to keep us safe, is killing us,” said General President Edward Kelly, calling the NFPA standard that requires PFAS needless
Is it time to reconsider the levels of risk in light of everything we now know about the exposure risks we face on the fireground?
Firefighters will have access to peer counselors and clinicians, physicals and medical tests
The measure also includes members of the military who responded to 9/11 in Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, unlike the original legislation
Erie Firefighter Michael Smith “was a hard-working firefighter always going above and beyond no matter what was asked of him,” IAFF Local 293 posted
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UFA President Andrew Ansbro has started talking with Commissioner Laura Kavanagh to ramp up the cleaning of bunker gear after e-bike battery fires
The first firefighter-influencer of the modern era shares how his early speaking nerves transformed into a love of making comedy videos
We can honor our past and maintain our traditions without dismissing new, better and safer ways of doing the job
Neil Carlberg was a Bellingham firefighter for 33 years, retired in 2011 and died of esophageal cancer in 2018
Since the Defense Department published performance specifications for PFAS-free foams in January, this may be the year when airports start making the switch
Rancho Cucamonga Engineer Miguel Cervantes worked in the fire service for more than 20 years
The International Association of Arson Investigators intends to use the data to better understand and characterize risks and exposures
“He touched many lives in his short time with the department,” the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York wrote
The union has retained a trio of prominent “toxic tort law” firms to demand changes to PPE and to explore compensation for firefighters and their families
Virginia, Nebraska, Connecticut and Mississippi could change how the benefits are paid or which diagnoses are covered
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